Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Boxes

Parts of Broadway will be opened up. Photo: Lauren Rushing

Eyes on the Street: Broadway Could Be New York’s Green Necklace — But It’s a Missed Opportunity

By Lauren Rushing | Mar 16, 2020 | No Comments

From a cyclist's point of view, pretty much everything. Here's some easy ways the Department of Transportation could improve road safety — stat!

Eyes on the Street: Upper Manhattan Gets First Taste of Protected Cycling

By Noah Kazis | Dec 8, 2010 | 15 Comments

DOT’s planned safety improvements for the intersection of St. Nicholas and Amsterdam Avenues are currently being installed, as shown in pictures snapped by Streetsblog reader BicyclesOnly. Major features include shorter crosswalks, additional pedestrian space, and Upper Manhattan’s first segment of physically-protected bike lane. Up to now, the intersection has been a dangerous one. According to a […]

Construction Narrows Brooklyn Bridge Bike-Ped Path

By Noah Kazis | Aug 27, 2010 | 9 Comments

During the Brooklyn Bridge rehab, stretches of the 14-foot-wide bike-ped path will be narrowed to 11 feet. Photo: Noah Kazis Heads up if you bike or walk across the Brooklyn Bridge: Rehab work slated to last until 2014 is narrowing the promenade from 14 feet to 11 feet. Right now, paint removal work has narrowed […]

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Streetfilms: Bike-Centric Left Turn Markings on San Francisco’s “Wiggle”

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 31, 2010 | No Comments

"The Wiggle" is one of San Francisco’s most beloved bike routes, guiding riders between two nasty hills. It even has its own Wikipedia entry. It’s so popular, it’s hard to stand there at any time of day and not see packs of cyclists passing through! (Note: This is a camera person’s dream.) Recently, after a […]

Eyes on the Street: WillyB @ Delancey — Bring on the Stencils

By Ben Fried | Oct 27, 2009 | 5 Comments

Fresh markings are going down on the revamped approach to the Williamsburg Bridge at Delancey Street. Courtesy of Adopt-a-Bike Lane volunteer leader Marin Tockman, here’s what the site looked like as of yesterday afternoon. Seems like a marked, one-block connection to the median at Suffolk Street is imminent. Another reader informs us that Suffolk, which […]

Wiki Wednesday: Bike Boxes

By Ben Fried | Jul 30, 2008 | 2 Comments

This StreetsWiki entry is rounding into encyclopedic form quite nicely. Andy Hamilton, DianaD (who also brought us the VMT entry last week) and Streetsblog’s own Aaron Naparstek have been piecing together a detailed look at the history and effectiveness of bike boxes: With nearly 40% of daily commuter trips taken by bike, Copenhagen, Denmark is […]

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